WATERLEAF FAMILY 701 



olate becoming 7-8 mm long acute, pubescent; corolla bluish white, 7-8 

 -Ida-flta m Plain-Mont ^ ^ "^ pkCeS: N - J --N-C. 



3. EUCRYPTA Nutt. 



Low annual herbs. Leaves membranous, pinnately parted. Flowers 

 feet, regular, in geminate or panicled racemes. Calyx deeply 5-cleft < ; J, 

 almost rotate, bright blue with yellow center, with two p&e, Ssve^ ap- 

 pendages, much higher up than the stamens. Capsule globose, loculicida 



or oblong ' incurved ' transverseiy 



SfoS and tubercled - i 



1. E. micrantha (Torr.) HeUer. Weak annual; stem branched, 1-2 dm 

 long minutely glandular-pilose; leaves thin, pinnately parted into 5-9 obovate 

 or oblong, obtuse lobes; racemes loose; calyx-lobes obovate or broadly spatulate 

 2.o-3 mm long; corolla bright blue, with yellowish tube, according to Heller 

 creamy, a little exceeding the sepals; capsule globular, 20-24-seeded. Phacelia 

 micrantha Torr. Dry places: N.M. Utah Calif. Son. Mr-My. 



2. E. pinetorum (M. E. Jones) Rydb. Weak annual; stem erect, branched, 

 5-20 cm. high, glandular-puberulent; lower leaves pinnatifid, with oblong divi- 

 sions, the upper entire or 3-lobed; racemes few-flowered; calyx-lobes lanceolate 

 or ovate, acutish, longer than the white or blue corolla. Phacelia pinetorum M. 

 E. Jones. Pine woods: Utah. Svbmont. Je. 



3. NEMOPHILA Nutt. BABY-BLUE-EYES. 



Diffuse annual herbs. Leaves alternate or opposite, pinnately lobed or pinna- 

 tifid. Flowers perfect, solitary on axillary or terminal pedicels. Calyx not ac- 

 crescent, 5-lobed, with a spreading or reflexed linear appendage in each sinus. 

 Corolla campanulate to nearly rotate, with 10 appendages within; lobes convo- 

 lute. Stamens 5, included, with short filaments. Ovary 1-celled; styles 2-cleft; 

 ovules 2-12 on each fleshy placenta, which is attached to the top and bottom of 

 the ovary. Capsule two-valved. Seeds usually 1-4. 



Corolla 12-18 mm. long. 1. jy. Kirtleyi. 



Corolla 2-3 mm, long. 



Appendages of the corolla present. 



Appendages of the corolla narrow, acuminate; seeds deeply pitted. 



2. N. inconspicua. 



Appendages of the corolla broad, cuneate; seeds smooth. 3. N. breviflora. 



Appendages of the corolla wanting. 4. N. explicate. 



1. N. Kirtleyi Renders. Stem 5-20 cm. high, short-hispid; lower leaves 

 opposite, the upper alternate; blades ovate in outline, irregularly 5-parted; lobes 

 oblong, 3-lobed or strongly dentate; appendages of the calyx ovate, less than one- 

 third the length of the lobes; calyx-lobes lanceolate, in fruit nearly as long as the 

 corolla; corolla with violet border and white center, greenish-spotted; internal 

 appendages half fan-shaped, lobed and fimbriate; seeds deeply pitted. Loose 

 soil: Ida. Ore. Son. Jl. 



2. N. inconspicua Renders. Leaves pinnately 5-lobed or 5-parted; blades 

 rounded to ovate in outline; lobes rounded or obtusely triangular; append:: _ 

 of the calyx ovate, one-fourth as long as the sepals; corolla equalling the calyx 

 or slightly shorter, white, 2.5 mm. long; appendages narrow, acuminate or humili- 

 ate. Loose moist soil: Ida. Son. Jl. 



3. N. breviflora A. Gray. Stem branched, diffuse, 1-3 dm. high; lea 1 

 often all alternate, pinnately 3-5-parted; divisions oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 entire, 6-18 mm. long; appendages of the calyx nearly half as long as the sepals 

 corolla whitish or tinged with violet, shorter than the calyx; internal append:;. 

 cuneate, broad, fimbriate. Rich soil, hillsides, and canons: Mont. Colo. Ore. 

 B.C. Submont. My-Jl. 



long 



4. N. explicata Nels. & Macbr. Stem branching from the base, 7-15 cm. 

 g, spreading; leaves obovate or orbicular in outline, crenately 3-5-lobed, 1- 



